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title="Category:1960s in South Africa">1960s</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-size:88%;">See also:</th><td class="infobox-data hlist" style="font-size:88%; text-align:center;"> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_years_in_South_Africa" title="List of years in South Africa">List of years in South Africa</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The following lists events that happened during <b>1947 in South Africa</b>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Incumbents">Incumbents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1947_in_South_Africa&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Incumbents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/King_of_South_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="King of South Africa">Monarch</a>: King <a href="/wiki/George_VI" title="George VI">George VI</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_the_Union_of_South_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor-General of the Union of South Africa">Governor-General</a> and <a href="/wiki/High_Commissioner_for_Southern_Africa" title="High Commissioner for Southern Africa">High Commissioner for Southern Africa</a>: <a href="/wiki/Gideon_Brand_van_Zyl" title="Gideon Brand van Zyl">Gideon Brand van Zyl</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_South_Africa" title="Prime Minister of South Africa">Prime Minister</a>: <a href="/wiki/Jan_Christiaan_Smuts" class="mw-redirect" title="Jan Christiaan Smuts">Jan Christiaan Smuts</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_South_Africa" title="Chief Justice of South Africa">Chief Justice</a>: <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Frederick_Watermeyer" title="Ernest Frederick Watermeyer">Ernest Frederick Watermeyer</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Events">Events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1947_in_South_Africa&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>February</dt></dl> <ul><li>17 – <a href="/wiki/King_George_VI" class="mw-redirect" title="King George VI">King George VI</a> in his capacity as <a href="/wiki/King_of_South_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="King of South Africa">King-Emperor</a> of <a href="/wiki/Union_of_South_Africa" title="Union of South Africa">South Africa</a> within the <a href="/wiki/British_Commonwealth" class="mw-redirect" title="British Commonwealth">British Commonwealth</a> visits the country with his family, for a royal tour, the first British monarch to do so in South African history..</li></ul> <dl><dt>March</dt></dl> <ul><li>9 – The Three Doctors' Pact (also known as the Dadoo-Naicker-Xuma Pact) is signed by Dr <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Bitini_Xuma" title="Alfred Bitini Xuma">A.B. Xuma</a> (<a href="/wiki/African_National_Congress" title="African National Congress">African National Congress</a>), Dr <a href="/wiki/Monty_Naicker" title="Monty Naicker">Monty Naicker</a> (Natal Indian Congress) and Dr <a href="/wiki/Yusuf_Dadoo" title="Yusuf Dadoo">Yusuf Dadoo</a> (Transvaal Indian Congress).</li></ul> <dl><dt>April</dt></dl> <ul><li>18 – <a href="/wiki/Mrs._Ples" title="Mrs. Ples">Mrs. Ples</a> is discovered near <a href="/wiki/Sterkfontein" title="Sterkfontein">Sterkfontein</a>.</li></ul> <dl><dt>May</dt></dl> <ul><li>4 – The Natal Indian Organisation is formed.</li></ul> <dl><dt>December</dt></dl> <ul><li>29 – <a href="/wiki/Prince_Edward_Islands" title="Prince Edward Islands">Marion Island</a> is annexed by South Africa.<sup id="cite_ref-sanap.ac.za_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sanap.ac.za-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Births">Births</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1947_in_South_Africa&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Births"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>23 March – <a href="/wiki/Ray_Phiri" title="Ray Phiri">Ray Phiri</a>, musician (d. 2017)</li> <li>2 June – King <a href="/wiki/Ingwenyama_Mayitjha_III" class="mw-redirect" title="Ingwenyama Mayitjha III">Ingwenyama Mayitjha III</a> of the Ndzundza-Mabhoko <a href="/wiki/Southern_Ndebele_people" title="Southern Ndebele people">Southern Ndebele people</a>. (d. 2005)</li> <li>2 July – <a href="/wiki/George_Weideman" title="George Weideman">George Weideman</a>, poet and writer. (d. 2008)</li> <li>16 July – <a href="/wiki/Roelf_Meyer" title="Roelf Meyer">Roelf Meyer</a>, politician.</li> <li>5 August – <a href="/wiki/Angus_Buchan" title="Angus Buchan">Angus Buchan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Televangelist" class="mw-redirect" title="Televangelist">televangelist</a>, pastor & farmer.</li> <li>15 September – <a href="/wiki/Sandra_Prinsloo" title="Sandra Prinsloo">Sandra Prinsloo</a>, actress</li> <li>28 October – <a href="/wiki/Busi_Mhlongo" title="Busi Mhlongo">Busi Mhlongo</a>, musician. (d. 2010)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Deaths">Deaths</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1947_in_South_Africa&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Deaths"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Deaths_in_1947" class="mw-redirect" title="Deaths in 1947">Deaths in 1947</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Category:1947_deaths" title="Category:1947 deaths">Category:1947 deaths</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Railways">Railways</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1947_in_South_Africa&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Railways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Class_S1_3819_(0-8-0).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Class_S1_3819_%280-8-0%29.jpg/220px-Class_S1_3819_%280-8-0%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Class_S1_3819_%280-8-0%29.jpg/330px-Class_S1_3819_%280-8-0%29.jpg 1.5x, 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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Locomotives">Locomotives</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1947_in_South_Africa&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Locomotives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Two new Cape gauge locomotive types enter service on the <a href="/wiki/South_African_Railways" class="mw-redirect" title="South African Railways">South African Railways</a> (SAR): </p> <ul><li>Twelve <a href="/wiki/South_African_Class_S1_0-8-0" title="South African Class S1 0-8-0">Class S1</a> <a href="/wiki/0-8-0" title="0-8-0">0-8-0</a> shunting steam locomotives, designed and built in the Salt River workshops in Cape Town.<sup id="cite_ref-Holland_2_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Holland_2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Paxton-Bourne_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Paxton-Bourne-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The first of twenty-eight <a href="/wiki/South_African_Class_3E" title="South African Class 3E">Class 3E</a> electric locomotives.<sup id="cite_ref-Paxton-Bourne_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Paxton-Bourne-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1947_in_South_Africa&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cricket">Cricket</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1947_in_South_Africa&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Cricket"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>May–August</dt></dl> <p>The <a href="/wiki/South_Africa_national_cricket_team" title="South Africa national cricket team">South Africa national cricket team</a> tours England and plays five <a href="/wiki/Test_cricket" title="Test cricket">Test matches</a> against the <a href="/wiki/England_national_cricket_team" class="mw-redirect" title="England national cricket team">England national cricket team</a>. </p> <dl><dt>Test matches</dt></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/South_African_cricket_team_in_England_in_1947" title="South African cricket team in England in 1947">South African cricket team in England in 1947</a></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/18/18062.html">1st Test</a> at <a href="/wiki/Trent_Bridge" title="Trent Bridge">Trent Bridge</a> – match drawn</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/18/18101.html">2nd Test</a> at <a href="/wiki/Lord%27s" title="Lord's">Lord's</a> – England won by 10 wickets</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/18/18136.html">3rd Test</a> at <a href="/wiki/Old_Trafford_Cricket_Ground" title="Old Trafford Cricket Ground">Old Trafford</a> – England won by 7 wickets</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/18/18185.html">4th Test</a> at <a href="/wiki/Headingley_Cricket_Ground" title="Headingley Cricket Ground">Headingley</a> – England won by 10 wickets</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/18/18238.html">5th Test</a> at <a href="/wiki/The_Oval" title="The Oval">The Oval</a> – match drawn</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Football">Football</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1947_in_South_Africa&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>May–July</dt></dl> <p>The <a href="/wiki/South_Africa_national_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="South Africa national football team">South Africa national football team</a> tours Australia and New Zealand and plays five games against the <a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_soccer_team" title="Australia men's national soccer team">Australia national association football team</a> and four against the <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_men%27s_national_football_team" title="New Zealand men's national football team">New Zealand men's national football team</a>.Team-H.Smethurst (capt.),L.G.Anley,A.G.Falconer,D.A.Wilson,H.D.McCreadie,R.H.F.Nicholson,D.D.Forbes,E.G.Dowell,S.van Rensburg, C.Kurland,R.Ferriman,H.E.Naish,J.H.Classens,H.J.Pretorius,J.H.M.Pickerill,C.L.Brink,B.Clack,S.O'Linn.J.H.Barbour (mgr).M.Taylor (ast.mgr). </p> <ul><li><dl><dt>Australia</dt></dl> <ul><li>10 May – South Africa wins 2–1 at the <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Cricket_Ground" title="Sydney Cricket Ground">Sydney Cricket Grounds</a>, Australia.</li> <li>24 May – South Africa wins 4–2 at the <a href="/wiki/Brisbane_Cricket_Ground" class="mw-redirect" title="Brisbane Cricket Ground">Brisbane Cricket Grounds</a>, Australia.</li> <li>31 May – South Africa and Australia draw 3–3 at the Sydney Show Grounds, Australia.</li> <li>7 June – Australia wins 5–1 at the <a href="/wiki/Newcastle,_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Newcastle, Australia">Newcastle</a> Sports Grounds, Australia.</li> <li>14 June – South Africa wins 2–1 at the <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Cricket_Ground" title="Sydney Cricket Ground">Sydney Cricket Grounds</a>, Australia.</li></ul> <dl><dt>New Zealand</dt></dl> <ul><li>28 June – South Africa wins 6–5 at the <a href="/wiki/Lancaster_Park" title="Lancaster Park">Lancaster Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christchurch" title="Christchurch">Christchurch</a>, New Zealand.</li> <li>5 July – South Africa wins 6–0 at the <a href="/wiki/Carisbrook" title="Carisbrook">Carisbrook Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dunedin" title="Dunedin">Dunedin</a>, New Zealand.</li> <li>12 July – South Africa wins 8–3 at the Athletic Park, <a href="/wiki/Wellington" title="Wellington">Wellington</a>, New Zealand.</li> <li>19 July – South Africa wins 4–1 at the <a href="/wiki/Eden_Park" title="Eden Park">Eden Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Auckland" title="Auckland">Auckland</a>, New Zealand.</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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in Equatorial Guinea (page does not exist)">Equatorial Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1947_in_Eritrea&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1947 in Eritrea (page does not exist)">Eritrea</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1947_in_Eswatini&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1947 in Eswatini (page does not exist)">Eswatini</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1947_in_Ethiopia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1947 in Ethiopia (page does not exist)">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1947_in_Gabon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1947 in Gabon (page does not exist)">Gabon</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1947_in_the_Gambia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1947 in the Gambia (page does not exist)">The Gambia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1947_in_Ghana&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1947 in Ghana (page does not exist)">Ghana</a></li> <li><a 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